by Sean Reilly | Jan 13, 2008
Catholic parishes in England and Wales will this week be preparing to celebrate Peace Sunday on 20 January 2008, with its theme derived from an annual global message from the Pope. This year the focus is building communal solidarity – “The Human Family:...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 9, 2008
In marking their annual visit to Rome, Pope Benedict XVI, leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, has told the diplomatic corps accredited to the Vatican that peace is an integral way of life, not merely the absence of conflict. At the beginning of the week...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 30, 2007
The compassionate actions of human beings, not their claims against each other, reflect the will of God and the transforming power of Jesus the Prince of Peace, say the heads of the churches in Jerusalem this Christmastide. The thirteen most senior Christian leaders...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 27, 2007
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the senior figure in the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has called for a more welcoming approach to migrants in British national life. During his Midnight Mass homily, delivered and broadcast on Christmas Eve...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 24, 2007
The decision by former British PM Tony Blair, joint architect of the invasion of Iraq, to be received into the Roman Catholic Church has excited comment across the world in the run up to Christmas, when attention focuses on the birth of Christ, the prince of peace....
